SAROC president James Maitland says a key to the scheme would be to ensure people move for genuine reasons.

"I think it's a good idea and it's something that we've been pushing for long and hard as part of the central region and SAROC as a whole to try and get South Australia a bit more decentralised and ... moving people out is the first step," he said.

"To get more people out in the rural and regional areas and make the facilities and services that are there more viable.

"In a lot of cases there are under-utilised facilities because of the fact that there's been a movement the other way for a number of years."